Toothbrush holder



NOV. 12, 1929. H, M slEGEL 1,735,512l

TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER Filed sept. 1o, la?

lPatented Nov. 12, 1929" HENRY M. SIEGEL, or MALDEN, ivrAss'AoHnsrirrs TooTI-IBRUSH HOLDER i Application led September 10, 1927. Serial No. 218,592.vv

The invention has relation in particular to tooth brush holders, and has as its object to provide a novel and improved holder or repository for tooth brushes and the like articles, within which they may be placed when not in use, to keep them'out'ol:l the way and allow them to air anddry out without contamination by dust or Contact with other objects.

To this end, the device of the invention comprises a brush-holding body, and a trans-Y parent front or facing.l The said body is composed of stiff sheet-material'preferably sheet-metal, that is bent to form the back, top, and bottom of the holder, the free edges of such top and bottom being provided with marginal lips or ianges. J The front or facing is composed of flexible transparent material. It is confined between the said top and bottom of the body, and is retained by the said lips or flanges. An opening in the bottom of the body, and brusb-support-ingk notches in said bottom radiating from said opening, provide for the insertion of the heads of the brushes into the holder, and for the support and retention of the brushes.

Illustrative embodiments of the invention Y are shown in the accompanying drawings,

in which,- v

ed according to the invention, with a tooth brush applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section onv line 2,2,ofFig. 1. Y

Fig. 3 is a view of the holder in horizontal section on line 3, 3, of Fig.'1. Y

Fig. 4 is a front view showing a modification. v Y 1 In accordance with the invention, the blank x40. for the body of my tooth-brush holder is bent that are provided upon'the said margins may,

be either narrow tongues-as at 4, 4,.in Figs.

1, 2 and 3, or substantially continuous flanges l Fig.'1 is a front view of a holder construct-i as at 41, 41,`Fig. 4. At 5, Figs; 2 and 3, is the opening in the bottom 3 to permit the heads of brushes tohepassed up into the inte-rior of, the holder, the said opening being shown best in Figp3, and at 6, 6, Fig. 3, are the notches in the said bottom, radiating from the' opening 5, and respectively adapted to receive the neck-portion of a brush 7 as in Figs. 1 and 3. A tooth `brus'hfis quickly and easily put in place in the holder by inserting the head thereof from below up "through opening `4, moving its neck laterally outward through the narrowportion of a notch 5, and releasing it'to rest with the vHaring vportion jof the `material in which thevbristles are in-v upon the side-edges:of the vorless sheet Celluloid, although some other flexible transparent material may `be em"- ployed.v The flexibilityfacilitates assembling 'the device in the first place, and in removing it for the purpose of cleaning the holder. It

vis located betweenthe top 2 and` bottom 3, and confined by the lips or flanges 4 or VA41', and may be easily inserted by, rolling itfinto acylinder, pushing it upward through thei opening 5 in thebottom, and then releasing it to let it spring out into the position shownf in Fig. l, against the Alips or-flanges 4 or 41 as the case may be. Or it may be slipped endwise in between the lips 4, 4, of Figs. 1,- 2, 3, or atrthe places where the width of the flanges 41, 41, of Fig. 4 is reduced.` Itmay be removed to clean the inner surface there-v of, and the interior of the holder, by a reversal of this procedure.

The use of transparentimaterial yfor the front 9 not only makes it possible to see the objects which are withinthe holder and what one is doing in the process of inserting or re- A moving a tooth brush, and makes apparent the state of cleanliness of its interior, butlets in light to assist in keeping the brushes andv holder clean and sanitary. The sheet-metal of the back, top, and bottom is preferably enameled white on inside andout.` The large Opening 5 in the bottom'admits-plenty of air A at all times, without letting dust 0I. other 0011:... t]

What I Vclaim as my invention is,- Y

1. Ar tooth-brush holder composed of bendablematerial bent to forma back, top,l and l,substanti-,al 1y horizontal bottom, the bottom having an opening through which the head of a tooth brush may be introduced from belOW, and formed with a notch to 'receive the neck. below such, head,-V endboth top and biottom: being formed y with vertical marginal flanges, and; a' front 0f transparent material confined between said top, and bottom, lresting upon said bottom, and retained by sai-d marginal angesf Y A 2. A tooth-brush holder composed of bendable materialbent tgo form a body-portion,

tolp, and? substantially hQrZ-0ntalb0tt01nith@ bottom havingan opening to permit the headv y Y i of a tooth brush to be introduced from below,

and havingv also a notclieommunieating-with y ,a

said opening to receive the nec-l; belong` such head, and both top and bottoml being for-ined with. vertical marginal; flanges, and a te:

vmwruile, front. of fflexble'tranS-parent material' adapted by: reiLSOl @fits QXzbl-y. UQ he rolled` up] for introduction through the said opening; in the lbottom and to be retained by the' said marginal flanges when expanded. be;

tween said top and bottom'.` 1

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